The decades-old dispute between Russia and Japan over the status of the Kuril Islands is far from over. Tokyo, which refers to the islands as the Northern Territories, still insists on a peace treaty ...

Because of the dispute, Russia and Japan have not yet signed a peace treaty to end World War II. Deported Japanese people migrated north to the islands in the 18th and 19th century, including ...

The Kuril Islands, referred to as the Southern Kurils by Russia and the Northern Territories by Japan, were captured by Soviet forces following Japan’s surrender to Allied Forces in 1945.

A group of islands with a population of only 20,000 have been causing tension between Russia and Japan since the end of the Second World War: the Kuril Islands, or ‘Northern Territories’ as ...

The 56-island Kuril chain has been a sore spot in Japan-Russia relations for the past 72 years. The Kuril Islands sit on routes the Russian navy can use to get into the open Pacific. AP ...

For Russia, the possibility of U.S. forces or assets ending up on the Kuril Islands—posing a possible threat to the activities of the Russian Pacific Fleet in the Sea of Okhotsk—is unacceptable.

Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev meeting with air force pilots while visiting Iturup island, part of the disputed chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern ...

Officials from Russia and Japan are meeting today discuss the sovereignty of the disputed Kuril Islands, in a bid to resolve a diplomatic dispute that has raged for decades. Japan launches search ...

In March, Russia pulled out of peace talks and froze economic projects related to the Kuril Islands, citing Japan’s “openly unfriendly positions and attempts to damage the interests of our ...

"These islands, if we were to implement the [Japanese] prime minister's plans, may no longer be a bone of contention between Russia and Japan, and, on the contrary, become something unifying for ...

On Tuesday, the leaders of Japan and Russia will hold talks on what remains one of the world’s longest-running unresolved international disputes. The Kuril Islands, referred to as the Southern ...